NASA’s Juno Mission to Continue Its Exciting Journey of Discovery
NASA has decided to forego a previously-planned engine firing and allow Juno to remain in its current orbit for the remainder of the mission. This…
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New NASA-Funded Website Lets Public Search for New Worlds
A new website funded by NASA lets the public search for new worlds in the outer reaches of our solar system and in neighboring interstellar…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Views Jupiter
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured a new image of Jupiter this past week. During Earth-Trojan asteroid search operations, the PolyCam imager aboard NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured…
New Cassini Image of Saturn’s Ring-Embedded Moon Daphnis
This newly released Cassini image shows Saturn’s ring-embedded moon Daphnis. Daphnis, one of Saturn’s ring-embedded moons, is featured in this view, kicking up waves as…
Spitzer Space Telescope Detects Planet Induced Stellar Pulsations
Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has detected unusual pulsations in the outer shell of a star called HAT-P-2. The scientists believe…
Dataset of 1,600 Nearby Stars Available to the Public
Carnegie Institution for Science has made a huge dataset of 1,600 nearby stars available to the public so they can help find signs of new…
New Cassini View of Saturn’s F Ring
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft captured this new view of Saturn’s F ring this past December. When seen up close, the F ring of Saturn resolves into…
New Impact Craters Help Unlock Clues About Mars
Astronomers use new craters on Mars to see beneath the dust blanket and determine the underlying rock compositions and textures. Mars is a dynamic planet….
Amateurs Process Cassini Images to Create Their Own Spectacular Scenes
Using Cassini’s images, amateur astronomers create their own spectacular scenes. Although the motivation behind NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn was scientific, part of the planet’s…
New Color Enhanced Image Shows Jupiter From Below
This newly released image shows a color enhanced view of Jupiter. This enhanced-color image of Jupiter’s south pole and its swirling atmosphere was created by…
HiRISE Views a Cluster of Impacts on Mars
This new HiRISE image shows a recent cluster of impacts on Mars. The dark spots in this enhanced-color infrared image are the recent impact craters…
NASA Study Shows Planets of Red Dwarf Stars May Face Oxygen Loss in Habitable Zones
New research expands how habitable zones are defined by taking into account the impact of stellar activity, which can threaten an exoplanet’s atmosphere with oxygen…
New HiRISE Image Views Contrasting Colors of Crater Dunes and Gullies on Mars
This new HiRISE image shows dunes and gullies on the surface of Mars. Gullies are relatively common features in the steep slopes of crater walls,…
New Curiosity Results Bring the Paradox of Ancient Mars to Focus
New research reveals that Mars had far too little carbon dioxide about 3.5 billion years ago to provide enough greenhouse-effect warming to thaw water ice….
NASA’s Cassini Views a Potentially Hospitable Enceladus
This newly released Cassini image shows the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Enceladus. Seen from outside, Enceladus appears to be like most of its sibling moons: cold,…
New Mosaic Shows Off the Red Planet’s North Polar Ice Cap
ESA’s Mars Express provides a new mosaic of Mars. A new mosaic from ESA’s Mars Express shows off the Red Planet’s north polar ice cap…
HiRISE Views Impact Ejecta on the Surface of Mars
NASA’s High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) gets a closer look at impact ejecta on the surface of Mars. Impact ejecta is material that is…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Makes Its Fourth Flyby Over Jupiter’s Mysterious Cloud Tops
Today NASA’s Juno spacecraft will make its fourth flyby over Jupiter’s mysterious cloud tops. At the time of closest approach (called perijove), Juno will be…